Impact of modified tillage on runoff and nutrient loads from potato fields in Prince Edward Island

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1782-1788

  Gordon, R J ^a   Vanderzaag, A C ^d   Dekker, P A ^a   De Haan, R ^b   Madani, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basin tillage; Potato production; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMIC PRACTICES; BASIN TILLAGE; CONTAMINANT LOADS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP PRODUCTION; EFFECTIVE TOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; GROWING SEASON; MASS LOAD; NUTRIENT LOADING; NUTRIENT LOADS; NUTRIENT LOSS; POTATO PRODUCTION; POTATO YIELD; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND , CANADA; RAINFALL EVENT; RUNOFF VOLUMES; SANDY LOAM SOILS; SMALL DAMS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL WATER; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TREATMENT EFFECTS; WATER RETENTION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; GROWING SEASON; INFILTRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POTATO; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SANDY LOAM; SOIL EROSION; SURFACE WATER; TILLAGE;

CANADA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA];

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 80052287932     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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